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Sex workers outraged as 'AI girlfriend' ads flood Instagram and Facebook: 'Would be deleted in an instant'
The online chatbots in the ads provide users with AI-generated imagery of realistic, partially clothed and stereotypically pornographic women, including one promising to “get you off in one minute,” Wired...
Adobe Photoshop unveils AI image generation tool after backlash over black Nazis
Adobe announced Tuesday it plans to roll out a tool for full artificial intelligence image generation in its Photoshop software later this year -- months after being panned for rendering...
NYU student who tore down Israeli hostage posters claims she was suspended under pressure from pro-Israel 'stakeholders': suit
Khalique claims she secured a meeting with a dean to discuss her concerns, but was told that gaining access to NYU's administrative offices was challenging due to opposition from a...
Cryptocurrency that Sam Bankman-Fried plugged to jail guards is ridden with racist meme coins, Nazi imagery
Solana, the cryptocurrency platform that FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried has recommended to his jail guards as a red-hot investment, has become ridden with racist and antisemitic coins.
Wendy's is delivering food by drone for the first time — with one big catch
A pilot program rolled out Thursday in Christiansburg, Va., has drones dropping off burgers, fries and a Frosty in “30 minutes or less,” DoorDash said in a press release.
NYC's Russian voters stood in 4-hour line to cast ballots against Putin – despite believing election was rigged
“They will report the number of votes the system needs, but at least the commission will get a feeling that they had to facilitate more votes than usual,” said Stanislav...
Black, deaf Google worker who was touted as diversity success story sues tech giant for discrimination
She cited Google's manager at the company's machine-learning research program calling her an “aggressive black deaf woman” and advising her to “keep her mouth shut and take a sales role”.
AI startup Anthropic -- backed by Google and Amazon -- unveils new chatbot to rival ChatGPT
“It exhibits near-human levels of comprehension and fluency on complex tasks, leading the frontier of general intelligence,” Anthropic said in a statement.
Editor-in-chief of top Russian newspaper arrested for 'discrediting' military
Russian authorities have detained and fined the editor-in-chief of renowned independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta over accusations that he "discredited" the military, according to reports. Sergey Sokolov was arrested outside of...
Family Dollar hit with record $41.7M fine over mouse-infested warehouse
The report shows that several employers knew the warehouse's sanitary conditions were illegal in January 2021, with some stores receiving rodents and rodent-corrupted produce.
Yale ditches controversial test-optional policy, saying it hurts lower-income applicants
Yale called its current policy was “a disadvantage for students from low-income, first-generation, and rural backgrounds.”
Tinder to require video selfies to verify user IDs as dating-app crime, AI use surge
Tinder said it has successfully tested the process in Australia and New Zealand, where newly verified users got 67% more matches than those who opted out.